For questions concerning Bloatware (pre-installed "value" apps largely unwanted by the customers). See full tag wiki for additional details and first-aid hints/tipps.
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Is there a “temporary root” for Samsung phones?
I have a Samsung stellar from Verizon.
I want to temporarily root it (I think the iPhone/iPod one is a tethered root).
After I restart my phone, I want it to act like it never was rooted. Ever. If I ...
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How to remove pre-installed apps without rooting? [duplicate]
I got a new Canvas 2 today with some inbuilt paid (have to manually pay for them) games such as Cricket Fever. It gave me 2 free trials, but I don't want to pay for it. Is there a way for me to delete ...
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How to remove pre-installed apps from Xperia E?
I recently bought a Xperia E and since I am not a Facebook user I'd like to remove it from my phone. That also applies for Google+ and other stuff which is installed on my phone by default but I am ...
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Remove ATT Apps [duplicate]
I just got a S3 from ATT and I see there's plenty of ATT apps I don't like. My friend recommended me other apps that are better that replace the ATT apps.
How can I remove these apps?
the unsinstall ...
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Ridding Android phone of Snapfish
Something 'gifted' my Samsung Galaxy 2 with a sharing action of Snapfish. Because it is adjacent to my Brother print button, I found it by accident. Other than being there and telling me it actually ...
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Remove bloatware on Galaxy S2 - what are my options?
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S2 flashed with stock ROM - ICS v4.0.3, carrier is Virgin Mobile (model #GT-I9100M). There is some bloatware installed by Samsung, which causes minor problems, such as
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How do you disable system apps in Android 4.x.x (and up)?
I heard you can "freeze" apps starting in Android 4.0 without rooting. How do you do it?
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How To Fix Broken Contacts Storage (Droid 3 v2.3.4)?
Symptoms
I receive a force close from com.motorola.contacts when I try to edit my contacts
I can view my contacts
The issue started immediately after I tried removing the thousand pound bundle of ...
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Remove TeleNav GPS app from myTouch 4G Slide
After accepting a system update, I found that T-Mobile installed TeleNav GPS on my phone. Tech tier support tells me there is no way to remove it since it is installed as a "system level" app or ...
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What does the “O2 Menu” app do?
My Samsung Galaxy Mini has an app on it called "O2 Menu". I did not install it, so I can only assume it was installed by the vendor prior to selling it to me (the phone is on Tesco Mobile PAYG, which ...
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Disable LiveWare manager
I have rooted my Sony Ericsson Neo V by downgrading to .42 and using Zergrush, without unlocking the boot loader. Now I want to remove the LiveWare service. NoBloat and similar apps don't show it. How ...
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I've rooted my tablet, now how do I get rid of this bloatware? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Rooted Phone but still can't uninstall Apps
I just went through the process of rotting my Galaxy Tablet 10.1. I used these instructions, and the process went ...
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Which is the quickest and safest way to uninstall stock applications?
I have a non-rooted Nexus One running stock firmware. I'd like to uninstall unused stock applications to free their space: which is the quickest and safest way to do that (i.e. rooting + ...
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Delete programs pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy 551 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
How can I delete some programs that are pre-installer on my phone?
On settings I can't delete them, is ...
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How do you remove locked apps without rooting? With Android SDK? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
I really don't want to root my phone. It works fine as is, except for having the extra unwated apps.
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Remove bloatware from Acer Liquid Mini (E310)
I am trying to remove Apps installed from phone vendor, like docs to go, without success.
I have read How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor? and similar topics and I have ...
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Droid X, how to get rid of Motorola Mobile Services?
So I'm used to the original Motorola Droid, I recent picked up a Droid X, and nothing seems to be the same.
To start, I cant add a second Gmail account to the Gmail app, in fact, ANY account I try to ...
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What to do with 'duplicate' apps? (ie. HTC version and 'vanilla' version)
I was going through my app list today when I saw:
Facebook
Facebook for HTC Sense
similarly, there are other "duplicate" apps like Peep & Twitter, Mail & Gmail, Calendar (red) ...
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Rooted Phone but still can't uninstall Apps
So I finally temp-rooted my HTC Desire HD and set about trying to uninstall some of the stock apps that came with it (Stocks (no pun intended), Facebook for HTc and so on). But it won't let me - the ...
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How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
I'm using a Samsung I9000 and I have some annoying apps that came pre installed by the phone vendor, like a music store, a custom web browser and other memory leaking apps.
Those crappy apps can't be ...
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How to Uninstall HTC Applications/Widgets [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove pre-installed apps like Peep and Friend Stream from my HTC phone?
How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
I've just treated ...
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How can I remove 'Orange' apps?
I have a bunch of complete crap apps on my phone which I can't move to the SD card, so they are taking up about 10mb of space on my phone, which is irritating when I want to update my phone as I need ...
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How do you remove pre-installed apps on a rooted phone?
I have a rooted Nexus One and want to remove some of the pre-installed applications, like Amazon MP3, for example.
What is the best way to do this?
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How can I prevent unwanted pre-installed apps from automatically running on Android? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I stop applications and services from running?
As I can't uninstall certain programs that come with a phone (My case HTC Desire (not rooted)) how can I prevent ...
